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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 15:34:32 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Cc: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>,
	Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] RFC: linux-5.15.y ksmbd backport for CVE-2023-38431
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On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 03:45:55PM -0500, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> [Re: [PATCH 0/1] RFC: linux-5.15.y ksmbd backport for CVE-2023-38431] On 12/12/2023 (Tue 21:04) Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 01:47:44PM -0500, paul.gortmaker@windriver.com wrote:
> > > From: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
> > > 
> > > This is a bit long, but I've never touched this code and all I can do is
> > > compile test it.  So the below basically represents a capture of my
> > > thought process in fixing this for the v5.15.y-stable branch.
> > 
> > Nice work, but really, given that there are _SO_ many ksmb patches that
> > have NOT been backported to 5.15.y, I would strongly recommend that we
> > just mark the thing as depending on BROKEN there for now as your one
> 
> I'd be 100% fine with that.  Can't speak for anyone else though.
> 
> > backport here is not going to make a dent in the fixes that need to be
> > applied there to resolve the known issues that the codebase currently
> > has resolved in newer kernels.
> > 
> > Do you use this codebase on 5.15.y?  What drove you to want to backport
> 
> I don't use it, and I don't know of anyone who does.

Then why are you all backporting stuff for it?

If no one steps up, I'll just mark the thing as broken, it is _so_ far
behind in patches that it's just sad.

thanks,

greg k-h